Senior Data Architect

IBM

IBM

IT

central area, singapore

Posted on May 15, 2026
Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

You will lead the architecture and design of enterprise-grade data platforms, covering traditional data warehousing, modern lake / lakehouse patterns, and emerging AI/ML workloads. The role spans on-prem Big Data platforms, open-source ecosystems, and public cloud services, with a strong emphasis on security, governance, and compliance for Singapore public sector clients.

In addition, you will actively support business development activities, shaping technical narratives and solution designs during pursuits.

Key ResponsibilitiesArchitecture & Technical Leadership
  • Lead end-to-end data architecture design across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.
  • Define target-state architectures, reference architectures, and phased migration roadmaps.
  • Provide architectural governance and technical leadership across multiple workstreams.
Data Platforms & Integration
  • Architect scalable data lake, lakehouse, and warehouse solutions using a combination of:
    • Public cloud platforms (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCP)
    • On-prem Big Data platforms and MPP engines
    • Open-source technologies (Spark, Kafka, Trino/Presto, Iceberg/Delta/Hudi, Airflow, etc.)
  • Design secure and resilient data ingestion, integration, and access patterns.
Governance, Security & Compliance
  • Design architectures supporting data catalog, metadata, lineage, and data quality.
  • Ensure compliance with Singapore public sector security and regulatory requirements (e.g. PDPA, IM8).
  • Work closely with security, infrastructure, and compliance stakeholders.
AI / ML Enablement (Advantageous)
  • Architect data platforms that support advanced analytics and AI/ML workloads.
  • Collaborate with data science teams on feature engineering, training pipelines, and model deployment considerations.
  • Incorporate responsible AI, governance, and operational readiness into platform designs.
Proposals, Pre-Sales & Client Presentations
  • Contribute to and lead technical sections of proposals, including:
    • Solution architecture
    • Technical approach and delivery methodology
    • Assumptions, risks, and dependencies

  • Develop clear, compelling architecture diagrams, solution narratives, and value propositions.
  • Present solutions confidently to client stakeholders, including senior IT and business leaders.
  • Support client workshops, solutioning sessions, and technical deep dives during pursuits.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • 10–15 years of relevant experience in data architecture, data engineering, or platform architecture roles.
  • Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms across on-prem and cloud environments.
  • Strong experience with open-source data technologies and modern data architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with public cloud data services (not limited to a single cloud provider).
  • Solid understanding of data security, governance, and compliance, particularly in regulated or public sector contexts.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Prior experience contributing to proposals, pre-sales, or client-facing solution presentations.
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Experience working with Singapore government agencies or statutory boards.
  • Exposure to AI / ML platform architecture and analytics-driven use cases.
  • Consulting background with experience in multi-vendor, multi-stakeholder environments.
  • Familiarity with data governance platforms and enterprise metadata tooling.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

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Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

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At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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